now a solid chunk through The Hands of the Emperor

From a chat where I am liveshrieking about this (because the person who asked me to read it was actually sufficiently into knowing my opinion that they bought me a copy when I told them the library hold queue was three months long even though I'd said I was probably going to buy one myself, which is pretty much as clear an opt-in to stream-of-consciousness keyboardsmashing as it gets):

................. okay well I made it a whole two and a half paragraphs before screeching to the abrupt halt of "EXCUSE ME? I AM GOING TO NEED? SOME MORE DETAILS? ABOUT THE GEOLOGY HERE???"

Whereupon. This Fucker. Sends me a screencap. Of a tumblr post that reads:

reminder to worldbuilders: don’t get caught up in things that aren’t important to the story you’re writing, like plot and characters! instead, try to focus on what readers actually care about: detailed plate tectonics

and this is the most personally called out I have been in at least five minutes!!!

Also! I wasn't very far into it before I went "The Hands of the Emperor, you say? Hmm... that sounds awfully Vorkosigan Saga......." and have promptly dragged another friend (who got added to the liveshrieking chat) into A Deeper Season courtesy of explaining that I do indeed come with feelings about Fealty and Touching The Emperor's Hands pre-installed.

Anyway, 15% of the way through it (according to my ereader), having a grand old time so far, more probably to follow!